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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

JOSEPH JONASSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR FOLDING SHIRT-WAISTS.y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,275, dated August4, 1896. Application filed March 19, 1896. Serial No. 583,959. (Nomodel.)

T0 all whom, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH JoNAssoN, of New York city, in the county andStateA of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for FoldingShirt-Waists, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, andeconomic machine through the medium of Which a shirt-Waist or a likearticle of apparel may be expeditiously, conveniently, anduniformlyfolded after the Waist has been laundered, and also beingparticularly adapted for the folding of ladies and childrensshirt-waists in such manner that the waist may be displayed and packedto the best advantage, occupying but a minimum of space.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the machine. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalcentral section through the table portion of the machine. Figs. 5, 6,and 7 are partial plan views of the machine, illustrating the Waist indifferent stages of preparation on the machine; and Fig. 8 is atransverse section through a portion of the ma chine and through afinished folded waist on the machine.

In carrying out the invention a table A is supported upon a suitableframe B, the latter being preferably of open construction. At thecentral portion of one end of the table a longitudinal opening 10 ismade, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and in the rear Wall of the saidopening a -recess 11 is produced of tapering shape, the recess 11 beingadapted to receive the collar of the shirt-waistC, that is to be foldedupon the machine, the waist being placed face down on the table,and thesaid table Where the Waist is to lie is also usually provided with alongitudinal groove 12 to receive the buttons usually placed in thefront of a laundered Waist.

Twov openings 13 are made at each side of the center of the table,corresponding openings at opposite sides being in transverse,

alinement, and the openings 13 nearest the end of the table areconnected with the slot 10, as shown in Fig. 1. A bracket 14 is hingedto a support on the frame,'which is placed at the outer end of thetable-opening 10, and the said bracket, which centers the said opening,is provided with a foot 15, which When the bracket is in an uprightposition Will engage With an extension 16 of the frame, as shown in Fig;4, enabling the bracket to stand substantially upright, and the bracketis vattached in any suitable or approved manner to a forming board orplate 17, the said forming board or plate being ordinarily made ofsmooth or polished metal, and is of such length and of such width thatwhen the board is placed upon the table it will extend across the innerends of the transverse openings 13 in the table.

A shaft 1S is located beneath the table, at one side of the machine, anda parallel shaft 19 is similarly located at the opposite end of themachine, the ends of the shafts being journaled in suitable boxes 20,supported upon the cross-bars 21 at the ends of vthe frame of themachine, as shown in Fig. 2.

Arms are carried upward'from beneath the table through the openings 13therein. The arms passing through the said openings at the rear side ofthe machine are designated as 22 and 22,while the arms at the front sideof the machine are designated as 23 and 23a and are shown best inFig. 1. The upper ends of these arms are curved inwardly or in'direction of the portion of the table over which the forming-plate is tolie. Each pair of arms is connected and braced by horizontal rods 24,and in the upper end portions of each pair of arms the ends of a roller25 are -journaled. The rollers 25 are preferably rubber rollers, and areordinarily constructed by covering a core of a hard material with alayer or layers of yielding rubber. The nor mal position of the rollersis such that when the forming-plate is passed between them the rollerswill be removed a predetermined distance from the side edges of theplate.

A crank-arm 26 is secured to the shaft 1S, as shown in dotted lines,Fig. 1, the crank- IOO ger-rod has guided movement in an upper cross-bar30 and in a lower cross-bar 3l, as shown in Fig. 3. Above the lowercross-bar 31 a collar 32 is secured upon the plunger-3 rod, and a springis coiled around the rod, having bearing against a collar 34, locatedupon and fixed to the lower cross-bar 3l, while at the upper end of thesaid rod, above the upper cross-bar 30, an adjustable collar 35 issecured,

which limits the downward movement of the rod, and as the rod is presseddownward the spring 33 is placed under tension, and when pressure isremoved from the rod the spring will return it to its upper or normalposition.

A pin 36 is passed through the rod ata point near its center, and wherethe pin is located The pin` the rod is preferably flattened. passesthrough elongated eyes 37, made in the inner ends of two crank-arms 38and 39, one being located at each side of the plungerrod, and thecrank-arm 39 is secured to the rock-shaft 19,while the arm 38 isattached to the opposing rock-shaft 18. It is evident that when thetreadle 28 is pressed downward a rocking motion will be communicated tothe shaft 18 through the attached crank-arm 26, the shaft being turnedin an inward direction, and through the medium of the crankarm 38, theplunger-rod 29, and the opposing crank-arm 39 the shaft 19 will beturned in an inward direction, the same as the shaft 18, and `theroller-carrying arms will be carried in direction of one another attheir upper ends, causingthe rollers to move in direction of the centerof the table. The rollers 25 are placed quite close to the table, therebeing but suicient `room between the rollers and the table toaccommodate the thickness of the forming-plate 17.

In operation the forming-plate is carried tothe vertical position shownin Fig. 4. The waist is then placedface down on the table, the collar ofthe said waist being contained in the recess ll. The forming-board isthen dropped downward to an engagement with the Vback of the waist, asshown in Fig. 5, and the sleeves of the garment are next folded over outhe forming-board, as shown in Fig. G. The treadle is then presseddownward, and the rollers moving inward under the inluence of thetreadle will roll over upon the upper side portion of the forming boardor plate, carrying the surplus side-body material of the waist over uponthe forming board or plate, and as long as the foot is vkept on thetreadle the `material of the waist will thus be bound tightly to `theboard. The parts of the waist are then properly pinned, and the completefolds are given to it, as shown in Fig.

7, namely, the sleeves are adjusted so that the cuffs will stand out atcach side of the forming-board over the rollers. The skirt is thenfolded over upon the sleeves and the sleeves and skirt pinned properlyto the waist or otherwise secured. The foot is then removed from thetreadle, permitting the rollers to return to their first position, andthe folded waist is slipped olf from the formingboard, the latter beingin either a partially or an entirely elevated position. After the waistis removed from the forming-board the cuffs are carried over upon thefront or bosom of the waist and secured.

The machine is exceedingly simple. It is durable and economic, asheretofore stated, and it may be operated with perfect safety by anyperson of ordinary intelligence.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. In a machine for folding shirt-waists and the like,the combination with a slotted table, and aforming-board adapted tobeplaced upon the garment when on theV table, of arms pivoted below thetable and projecting through the slots thereof, rollers mounted in theupper ends of the arms, and means for swinging the arms toward and fromeach other, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for folding shirt-waists and the like, the combinationwith a table provided with an opening at vthe central portion of one endand with openings at cach side of the center and a forming-board`adapted to be placed upon the garment when on the board, of armspivoted below the table and projecting through the side openingsthereof, rollers mounted in the upper ends of the arms, and means forswinging the arms toward and from each other, substantially asdescribed. l

3. In a machine for folding shirt-waists and like garments, thecombination, with a table having an opening therein to receive thecollar of the garment, of a hinged forming-board arranged for engagementwith the table, and rollers located above the table at each side of thespace to be covered by the formingboard, and devices substantially asdescribed, for moving the rollers in direction of each other and overthe space to be occupied by the said forming-board, as and for the`purpose specified.

4. In a machine for folding shirt-waists and like garments, thecombination, with a'table having a portion of the samefarranged toreceive a garment, and a forming-board having a pivotal engagement withthe table, the said board being so located that it maybe carrieddownward over the garment-receiving surface of the table, of armsarranged in pairs at each side of the garment-receiving surface of thetable, the table having openings therein, permitting the opposing pairsICO IIO

of arms to move to and from each other, rolli ers journaled in each pairof arms above the surface of the table and adjacent thereto, aspring-controlled treadle, and a connection, substantially as described,between the said treadle and the roller-carrying arms, as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. In a machine for folding shirt-waists and like garments, thecombination, with a table having a surface prepared to receive agarment, a forming-board arranged to engage with the garment-receivingsurface of the table, and rock-shafts j ournaled beneath the table, ofarms attached to the said rock-shafts andvpassed upward through openingsin the table at each side of its garment-receiving surface, rollerscarried by the said arms, the said rollers being located above the tableand near thereto, and a mechanism, substantially as described, forsimultaneously operating both rock-shafts and imparting movement to theroller-carrying arms, the said arms having sufficient travel to carrythe said rollers over the garment-receiving surface of the table, as andfor the purpose specified.

6. In a machine -for folding garments, a table having a portion of itssurface prepared for the reception of a garment, a formingboard hingedupon the said table and arranged to drop over the garment-receivingsurface of said table, arms extending through the table at each side ofthe forming-board, having movement to and from the same, and rollersjournaled in the said arms, being carried by said arms on their inwardthrow over the forming-board, of rock-shafts journaled beneath thetable, crank-arms projected from the rock-shafts and having elongatedopenings therein, a spring-controlled plunger-rod provided with a pin,extending through the openings of both crank-arms, a treadle, and aconnection, substantially as described, between the said treadle and oneof the rockshafts, as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH JONASSON.

Witnesses ARTHUR N Ass, CHARLES SALAMON.

